Too often I see sad and sorry pot plants that are slow growing, blotchy, unproductive and hydrophobic. It is so important to have good soil wherever you go, in the yard, under the lawn, in beds or in pots. I recommend repotting your plants once a year but you need to watch the signs in…

So a lot of people I speak to don’t really know what permaculture is, or if they do they mostly think its just hippies. They aren’t exactly wrong, but here’s a little spiel to help you understand permaculture, what it entails and maybe ignite your inner permie. Permaculture is really about living sustainably, especially in…

I feel like it is necessary for me to state the year because the whole thing was just too much fun and so I must absolutely go every year from now on. If you caught it, you know exactly what I mean. If you missed it I feel for you because this blog post is all…

This has been such a fun project to do, but I’m pretty relieved that it’s finally finished. Most people use the dead side of their house for a dumping ground. To a point, we do too – the bins, wheel barrow and worm farm live here. We have a small home though so the second…

I really want to share with you all some more about me, and more importantly more about the person who taught me so much about gardening, and still shares more each day, supporting me along the way – my Ma. I went to visit about a week ago and this place is absolutely thriving, humming…

Over the weekend I went out and bought my first tree. I have a dwarf lemon tree and a dwarf line tree, but I’m talking about a tree for shade, scent and flowers. We have a very small yard as I point out regularly, so I have been stewing for months over what kind of…

You’re back! Thanks for coming to visit again! Here is a lady bug to make you smile. Ma has been inspired by everything I’m doing, her previous work has come flooding back with all of the amazing things she used to do for our orchard. You see while our farm was not certified as organic…

An excellent friend got me hooked on TED Talks over the weekend. Most go long enough to last the drive from the train station to the office or close at least. Today I listened to a brilliant one by Roger Doiron that I would love to share with you. The statistics in this short talk…

Sometime’s I find it hard to be inside my own head, and the things around me get neglected – the housework, the cooking, the garden. The funny thing is nothing heals me quite like getting back into my garden. It’s truely therapy to soothe my heart. Two weeks ago my yard was looking pretty ordinary. The…

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